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Awareness Before Restriction: Why We're Building Focus Companion

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As developers, we spend a huge part of our day in the browser. Documentation, GitHub, ChatGPT, dashboards, email, localhost... and somewhere between all of that, YouTube, Reddit, X, or another distraction finds its way in. The usual productivity solution is simple: Block the distraction. And while…

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  1. 2026-08-29 12:50 · DEV Community — AI
    Awareness Before Restriction: Why We're Building Focus Companion

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